But that quote and, it seems, the interview at large were taken out of context. "Apple did not invite or solicit Kaspersky Lab's assistance in analyzing the Mac OS X platform," the company went on to say in a statement of clarification. The examination was "conducted independently of Apple."

Although Grebennikov says that the Flashback malware is "a huge sign that Apple's security model isn't perfect," apparently, Apple now has the matter well enough under control to avoid needing any extensive assistance from Kaspersky.

Nothing is perfect..hello! At the same time, the threats that have made it to OS X have been minimal when compared to our competition. 600,000 infected compared to millions infected is small banana's in my book. I advise you get some sort of anti virus..but that's a no brainer these days.